Guest guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 PEOPLE’S GROCERY EVENTS, UPDATES & ACTIONS EVENTS Fall Workday at the People's Grocery Farm Saturday October 11, 9:00 AM - 3:00PM Come out to Sunol and get a taste of Food Justice. We’ll harvesting pumpkins and winter squash as well planting and weeding our Fall crops. Carpool from West Oakland available. Snacks provided. Please emailhubert to RSVP and for directions. Flavors of the Garden Tasting Event Sunday, October 12, 12pm-2pm Join us for our next " Flavors of the Garden " Tasting Event! This is a special thank you celebration for all our Harvesting Justice Table Captains, volunteers, donors, & supporters with delicious appetizers and yummy beverages crafted by local Bay Area chefs from organic seasonal produce grown at People's Grocery’s gardens and farm. See the new Grub Box, meet the people who are People's Grocery, listen to live music and taste the flavor of summer with People's Grocery. Please email victoria to RSVP and for directions. People’s Grub Party Saturday October 18, 11am-2pm A new tradition for the West Oakland community, People's Grocery has been hosting monthly “Grub Party,†events where people of all ages come together over none other than healthy food. Party-goers eat, gain tips from a cooking demo, eat, learn about nutrition, eat, laugh, eat, discuss what’s going on in West Oakland, and eat some more. Each event features a talented chefs sharing his or her recipes and passing around samples, local artists or performers, and People's Grocery youth providing the audience with interactive education around healthy eating and nutrition. Please email diana to RSVP and for directions. UPDATES People's Grocery is Officially Organic! As of September 2008 People's Grocery’s farm at the Agriculture Park received certification from California Certified Organic Farmers. We’ve always grown organically, but never been able to claim our products are organic. Now it’s official. Now Accepting EBT Food Stamps In August 2008 People's Grocery was approved to accept EBT food stamps from low-income families for the purchase and fruits and vegetables. This enables many more families to be able to purchase low-cost, fresh produce from People's Grocery. People's Grocery Bids for Shopping Center In September 2008 People's Grocery made an offer to lease a 14,000 sq ft building at the old West Grand Shopping Center, located at 925 West Grand Ave at the corner of Market St. This location used to be the main shopping center in West Oakland back in the 1960’s and 1970’s and People's Grocery is trying to bring this historic site back into action through a unique food retail store that links to public health, green economic development and local food systems. While we haven’t secured the building yet we’re optimistic that we’ll be able to do so and demonstrate a new model forWest Oakland. ACTIONS Vote for People's Grocery at Reduction Festival The Global Oneness Project produced a short video on People’s Grocery back in March 2008. Global Oneness’ video on People’s Grocery was recently selected for a film festival called the Reduction Festival. Selected films are being voted on now until October 17 on the Reduction Festival website. Please take a moment to visit Reduction Festival, then click on Documentary, watch our video and vote for People’s Grocery! The winning films will be screened at an event in the UK. Grub Boxes Available for Fall/Winter There are still some open spots for both Resident and Sponsor Grub Boxes for the Fall/Winter. Sign up today to get a weekly box of 12-15 items of organic produce. Resident Box pickup sites are at DeFremery Park (18th St. & Adeline St.), at 936 Brockhurst St. and at the West Oakland Health Clinic (700 Adeline St.). Pickup sites for the Sponsor Box are at Rock Paper Scissors Collective (2278 Telegraph Ave), the Berkeley Ecology Center (2530 San Pablo Ave) and at La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave.) Click here to learn more about the Grub Box or emailjason for more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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